The late American scholar Gene Smith spent a quarter of a century collecting endangered works of Tibetan literature in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of his life's aims has now been realized, as Smith's collection has found a permanent home in a new library of traditional Tibetan works in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.

The late American scholar Gene Smith spent a quarter of a century collecting endangered works of Tibetan literature in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of his life's aims has now been realized, as Smith's collection has found a permanent home in a new library of traditional Tibetan works in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.

The late American scholar Gene Smith spent a quarter of a century collecting endangered works of Tibetan literature in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of his life's aims has now been realized, as Smith's collection has found a permanent home in a new library of traditional Tibetan works in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.

The late American scholar Gene Smith spent a quarter of a century collecting endangered works of Tibetan literature in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of his life's aims has now been realized, as Smith's collection has found a permanent home in a new library of traditional Tibetan works in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.